Christelle Wood
Christelle Wood is a Director in our Corporate & Commercial practice. She holds BA Law, LLB and LLM degrees from the University of Johannesburg (all of which were obtained cum laude).
Christelle specialises in finance transactions with a particular focus on preference share funding transactions, acting for both borrowers and lenders. She also has experience in mergers and acquisitions, private equity and general corporate and commercial law matters.
About Christelle
About Christelle
Christelle joined Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr as a Candidate Attorney in 2014. In 2016 she was appointed as an Associate and admitted as an attorney and notary public of the High Court of South Africa. Christelle was promoted to Senior Associate in 2019. Christelle was appointed Director in 2022.
Credentials
Credentials
Education
- BA Law (cum laude), University of Johannesburg
- LLB (cum laude), University of Johannesburg
- LLM in Commercial Law (cum laude), University of Johannesburg
- Certificate of Competence in Advanced Company Law I (with distinction), University of the Witwatersrand
- Certificate of Competence in Advanced Company Law II (with distinction), University of the Witwatersrand
- Year of admission as an attorney and notary public: 2016
- Registered with the Legal Practice Council
Languages
Languages
- English
About Christelle
Christelle joined Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr as a Candidate Attorney in 2014. In 2016 she was appointed as an Associate and admitted as an attorney and notary public of the High Court of South Africa. Christelle was promoted to Senior Associate in 2019. Christelle was appointed Director in 2022.
Credentials
Education
- BA Law (cum laude), University of Johannesburg
- LLB (cum laude), University of Johannesburg
- LLM in Commercial Law (cum laude), University of Johannesburg
- Certificate of Competence in Advanced Company Law I (with distinction), University of the Witwatersrand
- Certificate of Competence in Advanced Company Law II (with distinction), University of the Witwatersrand
- Year of admission as an attorney and notary public: 2016
- Registered with the Legal Practice Council
Languages
- English
Experience
FirstRand Bank Limited
The establishment of the FirstRand Bank Limited ZAR5,000,000,000 Preference Share Programme in September 2019.
RMH Asset Holding Compan
The establishment of the RMH Asset Holding Company Proprietary Limited ZAR7,500,000,000 Preference Share Programme in September 2019.
FirstRand Bank Limited
The issue of unlisted fixed rate preference shares to FirstRand Bank Limited (acting through its Rand Merchant Bank division) and another local financial institution (in aggregate amounting to ZAR1,750,000,000), in October 2019, under the RMH Asset Holding Company Proprietary Limited ZAR7,500,000,000 Preference Share Programme.
FirstRand Bank Limited
The issue of unlisted floating rate notes to FirstRand Bank Limited (acting through its Rand Merchant Bank division) and other local financial institutions (in aggregate amounting to ZAR2,501,000,000), between February 2018 and March 2020, under the RMH Treasury Company Limited ZAR15,000,000,000 Domestic Medium Term Note and Preference Share Programme.
FirstRand Bank Limited
The issue of unlisted fixed and floating rate preference shares to FirstRand Bank Limited (acting through its Rand Merchant Bank division) and another local financial institution (in aggregate amounting to ZAR1,479,444,000), between June 2017 and October 2018, under the RMH Treasury Company Limited ZAR15,000,000,000 Domestic Medium Term Note and Preference Share Programme.
RMI Treasury Company Limited
The issue of unlisted fixed, floating and mixed rate preference shares to various local financial institutions (in aggregate amounting to ZAR10,644,000,000), between February 2017 and October 2019, under the RMI Treasury Company Limited ZAR15,000,000,000 Domestic Medium Term Note and Preference Share Programme.
Pepkor Holdings Limited
The raising of ZAR18,000,000,000 in debt and preference share funding by Steinhoff Africa Retail Limited (now Pepkor Holdings Limited) and its subsidiaries (2018);
RMI Treasury Company Limited
The issue of unlisted floating rate notes to a local financial institution (in aggregate amounting to ZAR2,840,000,000), in February 2017, under the RMI Treasury Company Limited ZAR15,000,000,000 Domestic Medium Term Note and Preference Share Programme.
Retailability Proprietary Limited
Retailability Proprietary Limited's acquisition of Edcon's "Legit" business comprising of 217 retail stores across 6 countries including South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland, Namibia, Botswana and Zambia – circa ZAR637,000,000 (2017).
Liquid Telecoms
Liquid Telecoms acquisition of Neotel – circa ZAR6,55 billion (2016).
due diligence investigations
Christelle has also been extensively involved in legal due diligence investigations for both local and international clients in the mining, telecommunications, construction, engineering, retail, food and beverage sectors.
News
Anti-cancellation clauses and restitution: Fraud unravels all
The matter of Titan Asset Management (Pty) Ltd and Others v Lanzerac Estate Investments (Pty) Ltd and Another (2102 / 2020) ZAWCHC 136 (9 June 2023) relates to an action instituted...
Proxies: The power is in the mandate
In the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) case of Malatji v Ledwaba No and Others (1136/2019) ZASCA 29 (30 March 2021), the court considered whether a general meeting of the Mamphoku Makgoba...
Approval of special resolution by court - Condonation for non-compliance with 10 day cut-off period
Under section 115(2) of the Companies Act 71 of 2008 (Act), a fundamental transaction (namely, transactions that involve a disposal of all or the greater part of the assets or undertaking...
Do not trust a trustee (without the necessary authority)
In Goldex 16 (Pty) Ltd v Capper NO and Others (543/2018) (2019) ZASCA 105 (4 September 2019), the court considered whether a trustee who signed a sale agreement on behalf of a trust...
Expertise
Corporate & Commercial Law
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Mergers & Acquisitions
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Corporate Governance
We provide a full corporate governance and regulation service within the Corporate and Commercial practice.